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Topic: General Battle Packs Discussion (Read 2796 times)

Not that I am complaining, because there has been more than enough to spend money on the past few months, but it seems like battle packs have kind of hit a standstill around here. I haven't seen any reports of the following hitting retail yet:

Clone Attack on Coruscant (repackaged)Hunt for General Grievous (repackaged)Betrayal on Bespin

The only ones I consistently see now are the Tantive and Dagobah packs, which are both nice, but have seemed to hang around for awhile now. Anyone else seeing anything new from this line lately?

I don't know if this is the thread for it (since given the AT-RT set being an exclusive, it's safe to assume this one was going to be exclusive as well), but does anyone know what happened to the STAP Battle Pack that was shown at CIV and/or SDCC? We've seen listings and photos and actual releases of the vast majority of items that were coming out this fall, but I've not seen hide nor hair of the STAP pack.

I've been wondering about that one as well. We saw that one and the Hoth Patrol battle packs this past summer at the cons. I know I'd like the STAP Patrol set, and I hope it comes with the 30AC sculpt of the Super Battle Droid.

I believe it was after (or during?) SDCC that Hasbro said that both the Wampa/Hoth BP and the STAP themed BP would be postponed until Spring 2008 to make room for all the re-packaged 2005/2006 Battle Packs they are cranking out this Fall.

I also remember them saying something about how the sets will now most likely be exclusives as well.

I don't know if it is just our area, or just the timing right now, but it seems like ever since the "holiday shopping" season began a week or two ago (or sooner), the battle packs have been pretty scarce around here. I know that our local Target has had several of the Tantive BPs on the shelf for a long time now, along with a couple others, and the only one that is left there now is the same Dagobah one where all the figures are laying at the bottom of the box (I kind of hope they put that one on clearance, as I'd like another OTC Yoda and Spirit Obi ). Anyways, it does seem like parents/grandparents might be scooping these up as gifts for the kiddos this season. I have to admit, most of them are a pretty decent deal. You have to imagine they are looking at it like "well, here I get five figures for basically $4 each, and if I buy figures individually they are close to $7". Star Wars in general does seem to be selling decently though, vehicles have been more picked over as well. I know we want to get our nephews each a Jedi starfighter (probably Mace and Anakin), and after waiting for months, they're all disappearing now.

Target is where I noticed it the most as well. TRU sits more due to the higher price, and I'm not sure our Wal-Mart even carries Battle Packs anymore. Its always hard to tell since everything is basically in a big pile in the action figure aisle much of the time, especially this time of the year.